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Bond at 70: Revisiting Casino Royale

February 28th, 2023 by

Susan Tailby revisits the first James Bond book and is surprised to find she mainly enjoys it. A Woman Reads Bond I read Casino Royale once before and naively had a culture shock – it felt so different from the film. I really didn’t get or like the trussing up of kidnapped Vesper in her […]

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No Time to Die

February 23rd, 2023 by

The film that was eventually to be titled No Time to Die experienced a rocky path from the start. Initially Daniel Craig was reluctant to reprise the role of James Bond but once he agreed to return things got into motion. However, a change of directors initially led to the film being delayed from late […]

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The Vesper story arc: Shooting down the official narrative

February 20th, 2023 by

The strands of Vesper Lynd’s story throughout the Daniel Craig era were very much an afterthought. The character of Vesper Lynd was introduced in Casino Royale released in 2006. She is a treasury agent tasked to supervise James Bond’s use of funds in his high-stakes poker game against the villain Le Chiffre. Vesper is apprehensive […]

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Review: 007 #4 from Dynamite

January 31st, 2023 by

Javier E Trujillo reviews the fourth issue of Dynamite’s newest James Bond thriller, 007!

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Review: 007 #3 from Dynamite

January 2nd, 2023 by

Javier E Trujillo reviews the third issue of Dynamite’s newest James Bond thriller, 007!

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You Only Live Twice: Food & Drink from the novel

December 15th, 2022 by

You Only Live Twice takes readers on a journey through the exotic culinary culture of Japan, with a wide range of food and drink that help make the story come alive. Ian Fleming’s twelfth James Bond opens with James Bond drinking saké at a Geisha party in Japan. The party has been arranged in his […]

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Review: 007 #2 from Dynamite

December 1st, 2022 by

Javier E Trujillo reviews the second issue of Dynamite’s newest James Bond thriller, 007!

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Review: 007 #1 from Dynamite

November 22nd, 2022 by

Javier E Trujillo reviews the first issue of Dynamite’s newest James Bond thriller, 007!

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James Bond locations

November 4th, 2022 by

A hub for articles on the locations appearing in the books and films. As well as fast cars, glamourous women, high stakes gambling and vodka martinis James Bond is synonymous with exotic locations. It’s unsurprising really as Ian Fleming was well travelled and owned a villa in Jamaica, Goldeneye,  where he wrote the books. On […]

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The James Bond movies

November 4th, 2022 by

Below you can find links to all Eon Productions’ James Bond films in order of release. From there you can explore each film in more detail, including soundtrack info and locations. For details of the Bond movies produced independently from Eon, we also have a page on non-Eon Bond films. When you sign up for […]

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